Leadership Mindset 2.0 is the definitive playbook for executives and entrepreneurs ready to break free from the "Doer Trap" and scale their business using psychology and strategy.
Host R. Michael Anderson has scaled multiple software companies to the Inc. 5000 list and was named Social Entrepreneur of the Year. Now, as a 2x Executive Coach of the Year, he uses that experience to help high-performers transform from Tactical Operators into Strategic Leaders.
In this podcast, Michael blends cutting-edge neuroscience, emotional intelligence (EQ), and battle-tested business strategy to help you overcome burnout, imposter syndrome, and the "Leadership Incompetence Trap" so you can lead with clarity and confidence.
Two New Episodes Every Week which include a mix of:
• Strategy: Neuroscience frameworks & leadership tactics to start your week.
• Mentorship: Live Q&A and specific answers to your leadership challenges.
• Coaching: A fly-on-the-wall look at real, unscripted executive coaching sessions as Michael helps leaders break through their blind spots live.
• Masterclasses: Listen in as Michael and guests teach valuable leadership and management skills to a real-life audience.
Topics include: The Psychology of Scaling, Burnout Prevention, Strategic Planning, Executive Coaching, and Emotional Intelligence.
The Six Types of Leadership Development, and Which One Your Team Actually Needs
The manager everyone thinks is incompetent probably isn't. She just never got trained.
82% of UK managers are what's called accidental managers, promoted without ever getting the skills or training to actually do the job…so what do you do about it?
You’ll learn everything you need to know about leadership training & development for your team including;
- Why what looks like incompetence in a struggling manager is almost always a training gap instead, and how that one reframe changes the entire conversation you need to have with them
- The six main ways to invest in leadership development, what problem each one actually solves, and how to know which one your team needs right now
- Why the old week-away training model barely works, and what the research actually says you need instead to get people to change their behavior and keep it
- How to build the business case that gets your leadership training budget approved, by tying it directly to a business objective the person signing off on it already cares about
- The one leadership myth from your MBA that's wrong, and why what looks like the Peter Principle is actually just leaders never getting the training they needed to succeed at the next level
YOUR CHALLENGE:
This week, figure out what leadership development you, your team, or your organization actually needs, check whether it is already in next year's plan, and if it is not, start building the case for how it gets there.
Questions on this episode?
Ask me in the Leadership Mindset 2.0 community on:
LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/groups/8944058/): https://www.linkedin.com/groups/8944058/ (https://www.linkedin.com/groups/8944058/)
Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/groups/leadershipmindsetgroup): https://www.facebook.com/groups/leadershipmindsetgroup (https://www.facebook.com/groups/leadershipmindsetgroup)
23 Sept 2026
Your Ego Is Lying to You, and You Believe It Every Time
Your mind messes with you, and until you know that, it's going to keep holding you back.
Today, you're going to learn exactly how it does this and how to make it work for you instead of against you.
In this episode you'll learn;
- The simple fact versus fiction tool for catching the exact moment your brain starts inventing a story that has nothing to do with reality
- Why a great presentation, a good piece of feedback, or a clear win can still get twisted into self doubt, and how to stop that story before it takes hold
- How to rewrite the story you are telling yourself about someone who seems distant or hard to read, and why that one shift changes how you actually show up with them
- What to do the next time your ego tells you that you are not qualified, not ready, or not the right person, and why that story is almost always the least accurate one available to you
- How to teach this same tool to the people you lead, so you can catch them in their own made up stories and help them get back to what is actually true
YOUR CHALLENGE:
This week, find one story you are telling yourself that is causing you stress, draw a line down the middle of a page, write fact on one side and fiction on the other, and be honest about which side each thought actually belongs on.
Questions on this episode?
Ask me in the Leadership Mindset 2.0 community on:
LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/groups/8944058/): https://www.linkedin.com/groups/8944058/ (https://www.linkedin.com/groups/8944058/)
Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/groups/leadershipmindsetgroup): https://www.facebook.com/groups/leadershipmindsetgroup (https://www.facebook.com/groups/leadershipmindsetgroup)
Doors are open for the Team Performance Accelerator, Michael's three month live programme on building a team that takes ownership without you standing over it. Six live sessions with Michael, starting October 6th. Enrolment closes September 28th.
Details here: rmichaelanderson.com/podteam (rmichaelanderson.com/podteam)
16 Sept 2026
How To Deal With Negative, Complaining Team Members
A tool every leader needs is the ability to turn negative, complaining people into a positive, effective member of the team.
The problem is, if you don't know how to do this, you often make it worse.
Here's a simple yet powerful model you can use that does just that. In fact, as you’ll hear, it even works inside of a prison.
In this episode you'll learn;
- The three roles in the drama triangle, victim, persecutor, and rescuer, and why you are probably playing one of them right now without realizing it
- Why rescuing someone in a victim mindset actually validates their negativity instead of fixing it, and what that costs you as a leader over time
- The exact questions that move someone from complaining about the past to creating a positive future, and why "what is your desired outcome" works better than almost anything else you can say
- How to be firm with someone who is venting without becoming cold or dismissive, and where the real line is between consoling someone and enabling them
- Why catching yourself in victim mode is harder than spotting it in someone else, and the one question that exposes where your own ego is hiding it from you
YOUR CHALLENGE:
This week, find one place where you or someone around you is playing the victim, identify who the persecutor is in that story, notice if you have been stepping in as the rescuer, and then ask the one question that starts moving things forward: what is the outcome you actually want here.
Questions on this episode?
Ask me in the Leadership Mindset 2.0 community on:
LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/groups/8944058/): https://www.linkedin.com/groups/8944058/ (https://www.linkedin.com/groups/8944058/)
Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/groups/leadershipmindsetgroup): https://www.facebook.com/groups/leadershipmindsetgroup (https://www.facebook.com/groups/leadershipmindsetgroup)
Doors are open for the Team Performance Accelerator, Michael's three month live programme on building a team that takes ownership without you standing over it. Six live sessions with Michael, starting October 6th, limited to 30 leaders. Enrolment closes September 28th.
Details here: rmichaelanderson.com/podteam (rmichaelanderson.com/podteam)
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